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Athens bus, trolley bus routes diverted due to vandalism
The Athens Urban Transport Organization has diverted several city bus and trolley bus routes away from the area in front of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) due to the repeated vandalism of vehicles.
The affected routes include trolley bus lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 15 and bus routes 022, 054, 224, 500, 622, 608, 035, A8, B12, G12 and A7.
Repeated arson attacks force Athens bus diversion
Buses and trolley buses will divert around the National Technical University, or Polytechnic, in central Athens on Friday and Saturday nights due to a series of arson attacks on the vehicles in this specific area.
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Anti-state rebels in squabbles with motorcycle police at Patission Street
A policeman appears to have been injured from attacks by anti-state rebels at Patission street, near the Athens Center. The squabbles between the attackers and the DIAS motorcycle police took place near the Athens Polytechnic.
Private MEGA TV reported that following the attack, the rebels disappeared via Stournari Street.
Sex in the city of Athens: The red-light districts have moved (video)
Hookers and transvestites would line up around Syngrou Avenue or at the backstreets of the National Theater at Omonoia. They’d enter luxury cars and chide young rookies going on joy rides. Then, suddenly the pulsating streets around Panteio, began to empty. Shops shut down, and unemployment caused young men looking for paid thrills to diminish. Then there was all that bad press about HIV.
Traffic diversions for Labor Day, Athens Half Marathon
Traffic police in Athens were expected to close off sections of the city's road network and divert traffic on Friday due to Labor Day rallies and events.
Traffic disruptions were expected around Syntagma Square, Klafthmonos Square and the National Archaeological Museum located on Patission Street, starting at 8 a.m.
Disturbances in central Athens after rally by 'anti-state' activists
Makeshift roadblocks, tossed firebombs and acts of vandalism were reported in central Athens on Tuesday evening at the end of a protest rally by roughly 400 self-styled "anti-state" activists.
Anti-state activists rally in central Athens — low-level incidents, vandalism
About 700 so-called anti-state activists protested in central Athens on Saturday against maximum security prisons, for the release of terrorist Savvas Xiros as well as in support of several inmates on a hunger strike.
Police forces discreetly followed the rally.
About last night: The anti-govt tide is growing (photos + videos)
The government crash test took place last night at Exarheia in Athens, known as a cesspool of anarchy, when riots broke out in protest against the government's agreement with the Eurogroup following the presentation of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' reforms list.
Man found dead in abandoned Patission building
Police in Athens were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man found in an abandoned building located on Patission Street, central Athens, on Wednesday afternoon.
Early reports suggested the victims body carried several wounds.
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Athens university wants better security after raids
The senate of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) has repeated its request for better security following fresh clashes between police and illegal street vendors selling their wares along Patission Street.